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Cato Weekly Podcast • July 11, 2017 

# How the FDA Regulates (and Doesn’t Regulate) Supplements 

The manner in which the FDA regulates supplements leaves much to be desired and leaves customers perhaps too trusting. So says Peter Van Doren. 

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##### [Peter Van Doren](/people/peter-van-doren)

Senior Fellow and Editor of *Regulation*

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute